Sahila Kudalkar

Sahila (she/her) is a fourth-year PhD student broadly interested in biodiversity, political economy, and the economics of science and innovation. Her research is organized around two sets of questions. The first concerns the economic value of biodiversity in R&D i.e. how biodiversity-related knowledge translates into innovation. The second concerns the political economy of science policy in developing countries, including how institutions shape scientific production.

Sahila holds Masters degrees in Public Policy (The University of Chicago), and Conservation Biology (State University of New York). She has seven years of research and project management experience on topics such as wildlife trade, human-wildlife conflict, endangered species management, and community-based conservation. In her free time, she enjoys bird-watching, hiking and running.